TLAandy

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1. CPNE need some encouragement please

   TLAandy replied to k3104's topic in Online Learning

   Sherri is excellent. I used some of her stuff when I passed, her and Lynn Fredricks. I took the CPNE in 1/2009. You can do it!!!

2. SUNY Downstate-Midwifery: Anti-Nursing?

   TLAandy replied to ibambamama's topic in CNM

   I hear this a lot that if someone is pro-direct entry then they must be anti-nursing. Our country is the one of a few that have the nurse-midwife model. I am an RN and currently in a midwifery program (FSMFN) and I did not have L&D experience a...

3. Any Distance ABSN students/graduates applied and accepted into a CNM program?

   TLAandy replied to leablossom's topic in CNM

   Yes, I work full-time I hope to cut down to part-time once my husband graduates in August, but it is doable to work fulltime. Your family just has to be supportive, my husband grocery shops and cooks dinner and my daughter does all the after dinner ...

4. Class 92

   TLAandy replied to RNmilwife's topic in CNM

   I am in class 71, at first I was told I did not get into that class and I would be wait listed for Class 72. Then 2 weeks before Frontier Bound they sent me an email saying I got into Class 71. It was about 6-8 weeks from the time I submitted my ap...

5. The role of CNMs in abortion care

   TLAandy replied to cthomson's topic in CNM

   I am glad we are having this conversation and no one is arguing about the issue. That is good, usually someone assumes someone is taking "this or that" position and totally hijacks the conversation.

6. The role of CNMs in abortion care

   TLAandy replied to cthomson's topic in CNM

   That is correct, it is not in any of the curriculum's I know of for CNM's. My cousin is in Medical School and he said the same thing. It is not part of the curriculum, (to actually do one) they do go over care of the status-post abortion female. B...

7. Interested in pursuing a CNM career

   TLAandy replied to mandajeanice's topic in CNM

   There is a thread on here about CNM's salaries ect, started by someone that just graduated. Just scroll down and you should find it. The salary thing is difficult to get a handle on. The answer is it really depends.......on what, you ask? Locati...

8. Where are the "normal" births?

   TLAandy replied to what2donow's topic in CNM

   "The Farm" is in Tennessee, that is where you will find Ina May Gaskin. In Kentucky if where you will Find the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. But wow, wouldn't it be great if they were in the same place?? What you are saying about...

9. Student Nurse Midwife looking for someone to shadow

   TLAandy replied to Krshmt's topic in CNM

   I am also SNM, I recommend you go to your local chapter meeting of ACNM, I went to mine shortly after starting school and midwives just came up to me and started offering to help in anyway possible. Good luck!!

10. Any Distance ABSN students/graduates applied and accepted into a CNM program?

    TLAandy replied to leablossom's topic in CNM

    Excelsior was fine, that CPNE (clinical test-out) was a beast, but if you go into it like you do not know anything and practice exactly like the study guide said to do it, you were fine. I like Frontier. I am liking it more and more. The first yea...

11. Online CNM-no BSN required?

    TLAandy replied to Jess84's topic in CNM

    Frontier is the place to check out! I too was an LPN and then did my RN online through Excelsior. I am in my second year at Frontier. Just like any program it has its good and bad points, but if it was not online I would not be able to do it. Goo...

12. The role of CNMs in abortion care

    TLAandy replied to cthomson's topic in CNM

    It varies state by state. It also depends on the physician you are working with. A great resource on something like this is ACNM website, they actually address issues like this in their "Standards for Practice of Midwifery" document. The last sec...

13. Question about applying to Frontier

    TLAandy replied to BabyLady's topic in CNM

    I am currently a student at Frontier, this is my second year. I was a bridge student in 2010. If you are an RN, I do not see why not. There was a student with us that finished his BSN while in the bridge and transitioned into the MSN track. But i...

14. Any Distance ABSN students/graduates applied and accepted into a CNM program?

    TLAandy replied to leablossom's topic in CNM

    leablossom, I am an Excelsior graduate. I graduated in April, 2009 applied to Frontier for their Sept class 2009 and was accepted. During my phone interview I was told that my being an "online student" is a strength, considering ...

15. When to apply to Frontier

    TLAandy replied to HHheart's topic in CNM

    Nope, you do not have to have experience as an RN in L&D to get into their CNM program. I passed the NCLEX in May of 2009 and started that November 2009 in the ADN to MSN bridge program. I stayed in the same field I had worked as while being an...